Why Feeling Safe Matters for Learning
Explore how relationships, classroom environments and everyday practice influence pupils' sense of safety, with practical ideas and a classroom checklist.

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Articles, ideas and practical perspectives on Emotional Wellbeing, education and the thinking behind Motional.
Explore how relationships, classroom environments and everyday practice influence pupils' sense of safety, with practical ideas and a classroom checklist.

Summary We found no evidence that the PHP2Shell vulnerabilities were used against Motional, or that anyone accessed school data. PHP2Shell is two critical flaws in PHP itself, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619. They could let an attacker run code on a web…

What is the Inclusion Mainstream Fund? The Government have announced the Inclusive Mainstream Fund, a grant paid directly to local authorities and academy trusts, designed to support schools in becoming more systemically and sustainably inclusive by embedding inclusive practice into…

Threat matters. Across evolution, animals that could detect danger and respond quickly were simply more likely to survive. Sometimes that meant moving away or becoming still. Sometimes it meant preparing to defend themselves – or actively doing so!

What is the Inclusive Mainstream Fund? The UK Government has announced the Inclusive Mainstream Fund, a grant paid directly to local authorities and academy trusts, designed to support schools in becoming more systemically and sustainably inclusive by embedding inclusive practice…

Humans are unusually dependent on care. From before birth, we rely on others for regulation, warmth and sensory connection. After birth, that dependence becomes even more visible through feeding, protection, reassurance and care...

Before we think, we’ve already moved! For much of the history of psychology and neuroscience, emotion was treated as something that happened alongside, or sometimes interfered with, thinking. Affective Neuroscience asks us to look at this differently.

KCSIE 2026 is live from 1 September. This article explains what's changed on mental health and safeguarding, and a practical checklist to help you get ready...

What neuroscience can teach us about Emotional Wellbeing The purpose of education is not to eliminate uncertainty. It is to help young people become better predictors of an uncertain world...

Reading for pleasure is falling. Learn how to rekindle a love of reading by creating low-pressure, autonomy-rich environments where children and young people can engage with stories on their own terms
